Intro to Photography
By Dave
 A Sample of Dave's Work |
Around 1992 I got a request from a Mary Kay rep to take "before and after" pictures of her skills with people in the transgendered community. While performing this service for her I learned that most of these people didn’t have a professional photographer that they could go to so I opened my studio doors to them and have been working with the group ever since. Many of you have probably seen me at the Be All’s, Holiday En Femme or Riverside Gala Weekend.
Writing about photography is something new for me, as you can probably tell, and I really want to encourage as much participation from you as possible. My eMail address will appear with each monthly installment and any feedback is welcome. Should you have any questions on photography, equipment, film, wardrobe, posing etc. please eMail them to me. If you have any tips that you would like to pass along to the other readers of this column, eMail them and I will pass them along.
Obviously, there will be readers who are in the advanced stages of photography fever and those who are just running a slight temperature, so please be patient. Having a really good grasp on such basics as exposure control, depth of field, lens choices, film characteristics, composition and light are necessary to take good pictures whether your shooting a self-portrait or vacation pictures. Articles will be geared more to the middle of the road, covering the basics -- but in depth. This way the beginner can learn the difference between an f-stop and a bus stop while the more advanced can grasp things like depth of field and shutter drag. Our target will be a better understanding of photography tools and the environment in which we use them. This will enable us to get the most from the equipment we have and find new ways to use it.
All the pictures that appear with this column are my own and if the accompanying article doesn’t give you enough information about the how, when, where and why it was taken, just ask! I’m more than happy to share information with you (no secrets here.) The sources of my information will be posted so that you can compile a list of reading and reference material.
Next month it’s SLR’s and Point n’ Shoot’s!!
Dave is a member of the Professional Photographers of America and skilled in the areas of portrait, glamour, wedding, boudoir, commercial, sports etc. In June of 1996 he earned my Canon Master Photographer Award. Transgenders are a welcome part of his work.
Find out more by visiting his Web Site www.concentric.net/~gryln/
and you can also E-Mail him: gryln@concentric.net
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